Ferrari 250 TR Driven by Josie von Neumann at United States Grand Prix Sports Cars Race, Riverside, California, October 1959

Summary

Sports car racer Josie von Neumann won her first competition at California's Torrey Pines circuit in 1951, behind the wheel of an MG TD. She soon moved on to Porsches and Ferraris. Von Neumann earned no fewer than 18 victories from 1951 to 1959. She often raced against her stepfather, auto dealer and driver John von Neumann.

Sports car racer Josie von Neumann won her first competition at California's Torrey Pines circuit in 1951, behind the wheel of an MG TD. She soon moved on to Porsches and Ferraris. Von Neumann earned no fewer than 18 victories from 1951 to 1959. She often raced against her stepfather, auto dealer and driver John von Neumann.

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Date Made

1959

Subject Date

10 October 1959 - 11 October 1959

Creators

Unknown

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.4707

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Chromogenic processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in

Width: 2 in

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